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Good morning Twins fans and welcome back to another Game Thread extravaganza! The mighty Minnesota Twins take on the Chicago White Sox this afternoon and will try to go for the sweep in Chicago. After last nights exciting win and great pitching performance from Winder, Joe Ryan will take the mound today against former Twin and now White Sox starting pitcher Lance Lynn. Joe Ryan is having a great year so far. Heading into today's game Ryan brings with him a 6-3 record with a 3.00 ERA. Lynn on the other hand has been less exciting with a 1-1 record and a 4.50 ERA. Minnesota now has a 4.5 game lead over Cleveland and a 6.5 game lead over the third place White Sox headi…

Game-time forecast: Mostly clear. Winds blowing out to center field at 10-15 mph. Temperature near 55. (My game-time temperature is near 80. Very happy about that.) Red Sox: SP, Peavy Pedroia 2B Victorino RF Ortiz DH Napoli 1B Sizemore LF Pierzynski C Bogaerts SS Middlebrooks 3B Bradley CF Twins: SP, Nolasco Dozier 2B Mauer 1B Plouffe 3B Kubel LF Suzuki C Parmelee RF Nuñez DH Escobar SS Santana CF ----------------------------------- Okay, Brian. You now have the floor. Take it away! --------------------------------------- OK... But if I take away the Floor... Everybody standing on it will fall into the basement. Things to Think About: 1. The Red Sox …

Twins (0-7, 5th AL Central) vs White Sox (5-2, T-1st Al Central) Hughes (0-1, 4.50 ERA) vs Rodon (0-1, 2.57 ERA) Target Field, Minneapolis, MN Forcast: Clear, 67F, 0% PoP TV: FS-N Radio: Go 96.3 Minnesota Twins Lineup: 1. 2B Brian Dozier ® 2. 1B Joe Mauer (L) 3. DH Miguel Sano ® 4. 3B Trevor Plouffe ® 5. LF Eddie Rosario (L) 6. SS Eduardo Escobar (S) 7. RF Max Kepler (L) 8. C Kurt Suzuki ® 9. CF Byron Buxton ® Chicago White Sox Lineup: 1. RF Adam Eaton (L) 2. SS Jimmy Rollins (S) 3. 1B Jose Abreu ® 4. 3B Todd Frazier ® 5. LF Melky Cabrera (S) 6. 2B Brett Lawrie ® 7. DH Jerry Sands ® 8. C Alex Avila (L) 9. CF Austin Jackson ® It's a beautiful day out in Minneap…

Good Day, aTwinsFanInMaryland here today with one thread for two games against the Detroit Tigers. The big news of the day is Carlos (C4) Correa landed on the COVID-IL, joining fellow teammates Joe Ryan & Gilberto Celestino (insert look of disgust). Also, in Game 2, we will see Roger Clemens youngest son, Kody, make his MLB debut for the Tigers. Roster Moves: With Correa on the COVID-IL, we will see the MLB debut of Jermaine Palacios in game 1 today, playing shortstop. Important to note, because of COVID-IL rules, Palacios can be removed from the 40-man at a later time without having to clear waivers. Also, Cole Sands was added to the active roster as the 27th ma…

There once was a guy named Cruz, Who liked his afternoon snooze. And, once his nap was done, He'd hit more baseballs a ton, Yet another pitcher gets the blues! Tonight brings the Braves to town for a three game series and, if recent history is any guide, opposing pitchers need to be brave when facing the Twins lineup. *Our very own Tom Froemming came up immediately when I searched You Tube. The Twins have been putting on quite the power display, to the point it seems like fans would be disappointed with a 10-0 win, if there weren't any home runs hit. (okay, not really. Or, are we that spoiled by this team?) And, with that, I realize I've run ou…

Nicknames! How many of you remember these words? “A fiery horse with the speed of light, a cloud of dust and a hearty Hi-Yo Silver! The Lone Ranger! ... With his faithful Indian companion Tonto, the daring and resourceful masked rider of the plains led the fight for law and order in the early western United States! Nowhere in the pages of history can one find a greater champion of justice! Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear! From out of the past come the thundering hoofbeats of the great horse Silver! The Lone Ranger rides again!” The most famous, but mythical Texas Ranger was the Lone Ranger who draws his nickname both from having once been a Tex…

The Twins dropped the middle game of the 3 game set with the Tigers last night in a hard fought game that saw rookie phenom Miguel Sano strike out with the tying on 2nd to end the game. Phil Hughes labored through 3 innings, throwing 65 pitches and giving up 3 runs on 6 hits in his first start in nearly 5 weeks after coming off of the DL. Tonight's game will be one of four these two teams have against each other, and the last at Target Field for the year. 1. Tiger's Run Over. The Royals winning last night officially eliminated the Tigers from the AL Central division race and ending the Tigers 4 year run of Central Division Championships is over. Think about this. T…

All rise! The right honourable Umpire is entering the stadium (do the get walk up music? if not, what should they have?) On the charge of waiting until the last second to write a game thread intro, how do you plead? Squirrel! Let the Jury take note that the defendent won't give a straight answer. Wait... who is in this jury you're talking about? Why, the contributors to this thread, naturally. Oh, for a moment you were making light of the injured twins, as being "in jury"... Hardly. That's how you see the world. Let the record show that the defendent thinks that Movie Quotes make a good game thread intro. Just settin' a good example: others s…

Twins: SP Samuel Deduno Angels: SP Joe Blanton Things to think about for Tonight's Game 1. Think about Deduno... He's doing well... Let him continue doing well. We could use him in 2014. 2. Think about Blanton... He's not doing well... Pitchers who are not doing well present opportunities for the offense to do well. 3. Think about our offense... Our offense is not doing well... It may not matter if Blanton is not doing well... A struggling offense can be the tonic Blanton is looking for. 4. Think about Plouffe... Many players need to get it going... Plouffe perhaps needs to get it going more than anyone else on the roster. 5. Think about unexpected gifts…

Top 10 rejected game thread intro ideas: 10. Pig latin. 9. Rip Van Winkle 8. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. 7. Thesis abstract. 6. Propaganda pamphlet. 5. Yoyo Tricks... by Yoyo Ma. 4. Ostrich: bury head in sand. 3. Things to complain about. 2. I spy with my little eye. and the number 1 rejected game thread into idea: 1. a David Letterman style top 10 list... Um... yeah... That didn't end well. Nevermind. Try again. And David said "thy servant shall fight these phillistwins" and Gardenhire outfitted him in a helmet and batting gloves. But David mistrusted it, and took just a ball and a glove out to the mound, glad that he was in the AL. Um... no. For on…

As all on these boards are aware, Justin Verlander’s third no-hitter was a pretty big deal. He joined a short list of all-timers. Nolan Ryan’s seven remain the benchmark. Sandy Koufax’s four had sat in the pole position for ten years before the Ryan Express tied that record when he blitzed the Royals, Tigers, Twins, and Orioles across a two year period in the mid-70s. With three no-hitters, Verlander joined Larry Corcoran, Cy Young, and Bob Feller on a short-list of six: four hall-of-famers, another hurler who is sure to join them, and Larry Corcoran. That last fella’s story is to follow. All of this came to my attention when Dick and [ex-ballplayer] were bantering bac…

Stopper Thread! 5. Big Mike is our Stopper. Like a rubber cork in a fine wine bottle, nothing's getting through. I'm glad to get the "first to worst" losing streak over with now when it only had to be 5 games long, rather than later in the season when it would have to be a week or more... 4. Sequencing. Really important in setting up a hitter. But if they see it coming, doesn't that defeat the purpose? Unless... the object is to achieve non-sequitor effect. 1. Give the visiting Bostonians credited. They have executed so far. If nothing else, the are fine executioners*. And Boston has seen more than its fair share of historical events, some of which will be celebrat…

Welcome to another Game Thread. A few thoughts: Big Momentum Shift Game This is a big game today. The Super Rosario homer last night was a turning point. It seemed like the lineup was able to relax and be themselves after that – and we got a couple more bombas as a result. It kind of reminded me of Brian Harper's 3-run homer against the A's in 1991 . . . . Baseball seasons are long. They’re like epic sagas. The teams are like the Fellowship of the Ring. There are going to be good stretches and bad stretches. But there are also defining moments. I’m hoping last night’s turnaround was one of those defining moments that launches this team back on the path to the WS. …

Game Thread: Yankees @ Twins 6:40pm 6/8/2022 Lineups Nestor Cortes LHP (5-1, 1.50 ERA, 68 SO) Chris Archer RHP (0-2, 3.89 ERA, 32 SO) NYY 3B DJ LeMahieu R CF Aaron Judge R 1B A. Rizzo L RF G. Stanton R DH J. Donaldson R 2B G. Torres R LF Aaron Hicks S SS I. Kiner-Falefa R C K. Higashioka R MIN CF Byron Buxton R DH C. Correa R 2B J. Polanco S 3B Gio Urshela R 1B Jose Miranda R RF Max Kepler L LF G. Celestino R C Ryan Jeffers R SS Nick Gordon L For today's game thread content, let’s flash back to September of last year, to a certain recap thread of a Twins-Yankees matchup: 9/13/21. This is a post from me a…

I was sitting here, in deep contemplation, trying to solve exactly what direction I was going to take this game thread. I was a bit lost and directionless, as per usual. Funny thing, I seem to recall my parents saying much the same to me through the first 5 or so formative decades of my life. But not to fear, somehow, I will soldier on and find a way to work baseball into the thread opener. *Is it dusty in here or is it just me? Because I figure we need a regular dust tornado on TD..... So, now that I've worked baseball into the baseball thread, maybe I should discuss the upcoming series? ...............Nah. KC is in town and the Twins should beat t…

Impingement - having an effect or impact, especially a negative one Seems the Twins have adopted a new three-syllable word to replace an old, out-of-fashion one-syllable term. Players used to get stiff, or sore in the old days. Now they get impingements. Advanced metrics or something I guess. A guy feels a pull in his hip; impingement. A pitcher feels a twinge in his elbow; impingement. Another pitcher feels a tightness in the shoulder of his throwing arm; impingement. Makes you wonder if impingement isn’t a new viral epidemic. Impingement does sound more serious than “strain”, or “ache”, or “sore” doesn’t it? A guy’s got a sore arm, big deal. Throws s…

Game Thread, Twins vs. White Sox, 5/3 @ 1:10pm CT Weather Currently: Mostly Cloudy 64°F/18°C Humidity 65% Wind Speed S 13 mph Barometer 29.77 in (1007.9 mb) Dewpoint 52°F (11°C) Visibility 10.00 mi Last update 3 May 9:53 am CDT Detailed Forecast for Today: Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 5pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 83. South wind 5 to 10 mph becoming northwest in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. (all from weather.gov, 'cause i like it i guess) Lineups Chicago White Sox: Pitching. John Danks [L] 1. J.B. Shuck [L] CF 2. Melk…

I’ve been kind of hanging in the lowlights for the past month. A lot of stress-induced games by the Twins have led me to stay away from the online keyboards so I don’t say anything I regret. However, I do have a few questions to start off this series finale. Why do teams have elephants as mascots, but not as the actual name of the team? (Looking at you, Oakland and Alabama) Is it bad that I’ve never heard of half of the pitchers on Oakland’s roster? (Blake Treinen and (gulp) Liam Hendriks are exceptions) Are there actually going to be five good teams in the National League this year? What a disaster! Why was the last game thread named after my dog?

Baseball: The final frontier. Our 6 month mission to visit strange new ballparks, seek out new plates and new pitches to launch over fences, and to boldly catch what no one has caught before. Coaches log: Stardate* some Saturday out Sirius way. We are in skirmishes along the Ranger neutral zone. We have suffered heavy casualties, with Chief Bomba Office Cruz and Raincatcher Buxton amongst the sickbay residents. It has been a constant trial keeping the crew to their stations, maintaining moral while training replacements on the fly, while not mixing metaphors outside of the genre. But amid this adversity, we persevere. And things are not as bad as all that. Today,…

Well yesterday didn't go so well. Everything started to unravel in the 4th with the back to back HR's by Moustakas and Cain. The comedy started in the 5th with 2 errors by Escobar which led to 2 more runs. The 3rd act was more of the same as Casey Fien was rocked to the tune of 3 more runs. Danny Santana gets hurt. Twins go 0-5 with RISP bringing their total for the season to 3-38, yada, yada, yada.....they got shutout 7-0. Enough said. Today, the 0-5 Twins, desperate for a win, send Mr. Ricky Nolasco to the mound to face Edison Volquez and the Royals. Volquez, Kansas City's opening day starter, looked the part on Opening Day tossing 6 shutout innings against the Me…

I wasn't there, but i think i heard that Molitor called a team meeting before the Toronto series. Then before the home stand, the players called "players only" one. I think it's time for the fans to call a... "fans only" meeting All Righty Then! I call this "fans only" meeting to order. Will the clerk call the roll? Oh, we don't have one. Anyone want to be clerk? No? Well, um, all those absent say "absent" so we know... Anyway our agenda: 0. Approve the minutes for the last "fans only" meeting. Yeah. Right... 1. An open mind. Listen. Yes, what you have to say is more important, but it's a lot harder to hear while your talkin'. So pipe down a moment, ingest what ot…

Nick Tropeano (1-0, 0.00) vs. Kyle Gibson (0-2, 4.22) Lineups: http://www.baseballpress.com/lineups Angles (5-6): TBD Twins (2-9): TBD Twins bats erupted for a season high 3 home runs yesterday afternoon, as they wailed on the corpse of Jered Weaver and the Halos bullpen. The Twins struckout just 4 times, against 3 walks. They kept defensive mistakes to a minimum, with one exception- another outfield collision. This time between (CF) Rosario and (LF) Arcia. Come on, Twins outfielders, you just wrapped up spring training. Nick Tropeano takes the hill for the Angels today. A product of the Astros system, Tropeano was drafted in the 5th round in 2011. The righty …

After the Monday game against Chicago, with the attending, shall we say, interesting, strike zone, I thought I'd dust off and recycle this blast from the past: * strikezoid: noun pronounced strike ĕh (tip of the cap to our northern neighbors) zoid antecedent: strike zone Definition: a curious shape that defies normal geometric conventions. This shape, which changes from minute to minute, is designed to drive both batters and fans insane. In fact, this shape, while correctly known as a "strikezoid" is often confused with the "strike zone." However, since strike zones are rectangular in shape, the distinction quickly becomes obvious. (although, someone did point out tha…

Phil Hughes, RHP (11-9, 4.40) vs Ubaldo Jimenez, RHP (12-10, 4.11) Lineups: http://www.baseballpress.com/lineups Twins (0-2) 1. Brian Dozier ® 2B 2. Danny Santana (S) RF 3. Joe Mauer (L) 1B 4. Miguel Sano ® DH 5. Trevor Plouffe ® 3B 6. Eddie Rosario (L) LF 7. Eduardo Escobar (S) SS 8. John Ryan Murphy ® C 9. Byron Buxton ® CF Orioles (2-0) 1. Joey Rickard ® CF 2. Nolan Reimold ® LF 3. Manny Machado ® 3B 4. Chris Davis (L) 1B 5. Mark Trumbo ® RF 6. J.J. Hardy ® SS 7. Pedro Alvarez (L) DH 8. Jonathan Schoop ® 2B 9. Caleb Joseph ® C After another save by O's closer Zach Britton some fans are questioning Mollie's decision to let starting catcher Kurt Suzuki bat…

Good evening Game Thread fans! I'm back for another Friday night thread opener! Please, please...hold your applause! Tip your waitstaff... Today's tilt features an old friend and a new friend. Unfortunately for the old friend, we hope he loses. Fortunately for the new friend, we hope that he doesn't. Of course, I'm referring Jose Berrios and Tyler Mahle. Berrios, after an awful first half of the season, had a pretty good July. Tyler Mahle, on the other hand, is making his Twins debut after being acquired from the Reds at the trade deadline. He faces a pretty tough lineup that beat up the Twins bullpen last evening. Before I get too far into this thing, …

Well ... it's 'Two for the Price of One' day today. What does that mean? If you are lucky enough to have tickets for today's game, you get to see two for the price of one. For the rest of us at home, it's still a two-fer, which means, double the time sitting and watching, double the game-time beers, if that's what you do, double the time being productive elsewhere while having the game on in the background, double the joy if there are two wins, double the grief and disappointment if there are two losses. If we get a split? Probably still double the grief and disappointment. For me, it means, time spent working on the two wedding presents I need to make more progress on. Y…

Watch this space for the starting lineups from the lovely and talented ChiTown Thanks, Bri! Gametime weather forecast: cloudy, rainy, windy, 35 degrees. My umbrella blew out on me 3 times just walking 2 blocks to the bus stop this morning. Just sayin'. Rain is to abate around 3 ... we'll see if we have a delayed game or a postponed game. Twins: SP, Hughes Dozier 2B Mauer DH Willingham LF Colabello 1B Plouffe 3B Arcia RF Pinto C Hicks CF Escobar SS Sox: SP, Quintana Eaton CF Semien 3B Abreu 1B Gunn DH Garcia RF De Aza LF Ramirez SS Flowers C Garcia 2B ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Things to Think About: …

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_SbyEJgwuAs/Tf9-avqhcmI/AAAAAAAAL28/dEu0bz-LzHE/s1600/1000.png Good afternoon and welcome to another Twins Daily Game Thread extravaganza! 1,000! This is my 1,000th post on Twins Daily. For over 4 days I've avoided posting anything so I could make my Game Thread introduction post number 1,000. Do you know how hard it was for me not to jump in on the whole Adam Wilk conversation yesterday? I read that entire thread with my fingers twitching. Almost caved and posted an obscene comment but didn't want to get a warning point and lose my 1,000th post on something so obnoxious. When I started following Twins Daily I was just a bystander. To…

The other day, I was consulting my muse when my muse, who sometimes goes by the name “ChiTownTwinsFan,” sent me a message regarding my upcoming game thread. “Game thread?," I said “Did I sign up for a game thread?” Digital confirmation quickly followed. Which made me starting thinking about aging, guile and pitching, all in the form of “The Big Sexy,” AKA Bartolo Colon. We all know Mr. Colon has aged and, until recently, aged pretty well for a guy who pitches in the major leagues. But, we also know that with age, comes forgetfulness. Take this recent conversation, for instance: Catcher; “Uh, Bartolo, how many times are you going to call me out to the mound?” …

Game 2 weather and lineups can be found here: http://twinsdaily.com/showthread.php/11262-Game-Thread-Twins-v-Dodgers-double-header-5-1-12-10pm-and-6-10-CT?p=221575&viewfull=1#post221575 Game 1: Game-time forecast for game 1: Mostly cloudy with a 70-percent chance of rain. Winds blowing out to center field at 10-15 m.p.h. Temperature near 45. Dodgers: SP, Haren Gordon 2B Puig RF Ramirez SS Gonzalez 1B Kemp DH Ethier CF Uribe 3B Olivo C Crawford LF Twins: SP, Pelfrey lineup tba Game 2's weather and lineups will be posted in-thread, at the completion of game 1 and when they are announced. I will post a link on this post when it's up so you can jump right …